Is this to much for a Water Bill

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I'm paying £49 a month with Yorkshire Water (not on a meter). My ex moved out just over a year ago, so it's just me and my 3 year old now and so we use alot less water than we used to. I was just wondering if this sounds like too much??

That's a lot. We pay £57 for 4 of us on a meter.

Are you in a flat? Is it an average of a communal meter maybe?

It's difficult to compare as water bills are massively different depending where you live in the country.
Mine is nearly 100 per month for me and two teens but I live in Devon where water rates are huge.

Thank you for replying. I thought it sounded like too much. No I live in a semi detached house. I'm going to call them later and see what they can do.

Isn't the general 'rule' if you have more bedrooms than people you're better off with a meter?

If you’re not on a meter it won’t matter who lives there as the costs are the same.

I live in the SW and our unmetered bill is for £49 pm (small 2-bed terraced house) if that helps.

Our household is me and two little ones, I pay less than £20 a month but that is for water only, no sewerage charge. We are not on a meter either.

If you're not on a water meter you are paying water rates (ie based on the pre 1989 rateable value of the property. Not to be confused with either poll tax or council tax) . You will be paying a flat rate irrespective of how much water you use.

3 of us in a 3 bed house and I pay 28 per month metered.

7 of us in a 5 bed and we pay £45 a month.

Also Yorkshire Water but on a meter.

We're in Scotland so it's in the council tax but 5 of us in our 3 bed semi is a few pence over £25 a month according to my council tax bill. (Water and sewerage.)

And that's not metered of course. Just a set yearly amount thrown in with the council tax bill.

On a meter and pay £88 a month. But that's because I am with Wessex Water and they are 2nd most expensive in the country the robbing gits.

This!!
The only you'll reduce your bill is to get a meter installed and hope you're quids in by paying for what you use.

Try the Consumer Council for Water calculator to see if you'd be better off on a meter.

We are with Yorkshire Water, we are a household of 3 and 4 when DC is back home from uni. I have a dishwasher, run the washing machine every day and pay £32pm on a water meter. When everyone was here homeschooling and working from home etc I was paying £43.

Get a meter fitted and pay for what you actually use just like gas and electric.

£77 on a meter here in Wales - that’s with no surface water drainage as our estate hasn’t yet been adopted.

Meters are generally cheaper. We switched over years ago when the kids were young, in a previous smallish house, and more than halved our bill. We are now 2 people in a 5 bedroomed house and only paying £30 a month. Our rateable water would probably be three times that.

Mine is £16 pm on a meter. There are 2 of us here.

I'm with Wessex Water as well. I think my bill is quite cheap though.

Have you checked for leaks, are a very large household, (wasteful with water perhaps )?

We are also Wessex Water on a meter. Family of 5, 5 bed house. Bills are approx £350 every 6 months, so would be £58 per month.

Mine is £17 a month on a metre. Just me and DS7.

I phoned my water company a few months ago to reduce my direct debit as 2dc had left home so using a lot less water. They refused, said they will review once they have conducted their annual meter reading. I'm really annoyed as I know I'm going to be massively in credit but could do with the money now not months down the line.

As a rough guide water costs about £150 per person per year.

As a rough guide water costs about £150 per person per year. - If you're on a meter.

Not many people are on water rates any more I don't think - but you can be sure that if you are paying water rates and the company will lose out by putting you on a meter that they won't put you on a meter.

Op, why don't you ask about getting a meter ?